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MARCH CIRCULATION
Daily 65,293 Sunday 63,450
ATeran circulation tor tin month subscribed tad mm to
K. R. Biiia. Circulation Muiater.
Sukseribera leavlni the city should have The Bm mailed
. " '" naree cnanf ea aa oltra a requested.
It was some Easter Sunday,
The Easter parade came first, but 'Victory
is touay.
, Germany must pay according to all reports
coming from trance. '
The bolsheviki are not driving the troops of
tne Allies into the sea at Archangel.
Billy Sunday may note a few changes in
the old burg if he looks closely enough.
Calling it the "V-loan" does not mean that
subscriptions are to be limited to "Vs."
Start the week right; subscribe for Victory
loan notes as soon as you get down town
Monday.
Some real soldier voting is about tobe
done, but it is for officers of the American
Legion this time. '
Iowa solons get a clean bill of health from
the police court judge, but suppose the inquiry
had gone to a finish.-
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the new traffic ordinance is to do . any
good, it. will have to be more effectively en
forced than was the old one.
V--V' . '
Walter D. Hines advocates consolidation of
railroad Systems, just what he supreme court
forbade Karriman from doing. v-
Chief Strong Heart says the' Indians first
used camouflages in war. They may also have
credit for seVeral other processes.
King Ak is not on a rampage, but he does
propose that no eligible man shall escape knight
hood this year. Get behind a button.
Building operations in Omaha are not wait
ing for a recession in prices of material. People
need the homes, and must have them,, at any
cost. '
French are taking their, time about demobili
zation. They want to know that the war is
over before they send their soldiers home for
good.
Maybe the resurrection of the Lincoln excise
board was not such a blunder after all. Better
wait a little and see if it may not be of some
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fHfe BEE: OMAHA, MONDAY, APRIL 21, 1919.
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service.
Air stunts by army aviators and aeronauts
re interesting signs of what may happen within
a few years-.' The boys are just igetting their
hands in now. -
-VICTORY LOAN A WORLD PLEDGE,
Success 'for the Victory loan is imperative
for it amounts to a guaranty of American
sincerity in pledges made the world. Two
yean ago we promised that we would devote
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every aonar ana every man m America to
winning the war for freedom. The war ended
sooner than we expected. General Pershing
ays aw,uuo lives of American soldiers are
saved because the campaign was not projected
into 1919 as had been expected. Thus the
draft on the matfhood of the cojintry was less
than looked for, a cause for great thanksariv
fng, and a reason why Ihe money asked for
noma be the more reidily forthcoming.
Just as we have saved in man power, so we
have saved in dollar power. Had the war
continued, the loan now asked for could not
possibly be designated Victory and put for
ward as the last It would be in larger amount
and would come with the assurance that it
would aoon be followed by another and per
haps another, as long as the struggle went on
This is another prime reason for greatful and
liberal subscription.
The money is needed to meet war obliga
tions, bills that must be paid. It is vital that
the credit of, the government be sustained
now, for the financial problems of peace are
likely to prove more intricate, delicate and
vexatious than -those of war.
Let us show the world that we really stand
in peace, just where we did in war, solidly
together, for the perpetuation of our institu
tions.' Do this by buying Victory notes 1
" Coal Bills and the Board of Control.
Part of the aftermath of the long inquiry
into the affairs of the State Board of Control
is an explanation by E. E. Howell of his con
nection with the contracts for supplying coal
to the state, institutions. In this Mr. Howell
insists that saving was effected for the state
through his personal efforts. Allowing for this,
the fact remains that if the members of the
board made a mistake at all in this collection
it was in the employment of Mr. Howell. If
a contract was made with(him, it was clearly
unconstitutional, and if he was merely an em
ployee, his engagement was illegal because he
was a member of the legislature.
No atention was paid to this phase of the
case, but the investigating committee greatly
stressed the fact that the coal was purchased
without taking bids and making awards ac
cordingly. Mr. Howell touches the middle of
the controversy in this sentence:
The facts are that the coal dealers of
Nebraska, and particularly the coal dealers
of Lincoln who have been profiteering on
the state institutions for many years, were
very much incensed at the Board of Con
trol because it insisted on buying coal
with the profit eliminated.
The intimation here is plain, and deserves
attention from the state authorities. Great
scandals have arisen in the past over methods
followed in making purchases for state insti
tutions, and may again unless the greatest
care is exercised. Insofar as the members of
the State Board of Control used their best
judgment to save the state money in the pur
chase ot coal or other supplies, they deserve
ommendation. If zetel as well directed had
been exhibited in the employment of a our-
chasing agent, the case in their defense would
be much stronger.
The Germans at Versailles
' From the St Louis Globe-Democrat
On the 18th of January, 1871. William I. of
Prussia was crowned German emperor in the
great hall of the palace at Versailles, and ten
days later entered Paris in triumph at the head
of his armies. On tlie 10th day 'of May the
treaty of Frankfort was signed, the harshly
dictated terms of a conqueror. The war had
lasted but a few months, but Germany demand
ed, as the price of peace1, the province of .Alsace,
a Targe part of the province of Lorraine, and
$1,000,000,000 in gold, the German army to oc
cupy ports of Frapce until the whole was paid.
On Friday of next week the representatives of
uermany will-enter that same palace of Ver-
Chauncey M. Depew At 85.
Chauncey H. Depew Is to have a
birthday celebration this week. On
Wednesday he will reach his 86th
milestone, although few would be
able to guess his age from his ap
pearance, Mrs. Depew has issued
invitations for a-flinner in celebration
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sanies, and, doubtless in that same hall, will be war be several public and club din
handed terms ot peace dictated by their enemies.
They will come this time, not as conquerors, but
as the plenipotentiaries of the conquered
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Let The Bee Tell You.
Des Moines is to entertain the Methodists
next year, and has a splendid opportunity to
show the world its principal industry is not
political scandal.
Wait till those French brides get started at
home making and they will find something in
America that is higher than the tallest of
Gotham's skyscrapers.
The Nebraska man who would not use' an
auto numberplate in which the number "13"
occurred excites wonder as to how he ever got
hold of enough money to buy a machine.
General Berry will please note that Governor
"Allen did not criticise the obedience to Foch's
orders, but the manner in which they were
carried out. There is quite a difference.
The Japanese schoolboy will not be welcome
in the California public schools hereafter. Thus
the Golden Staters who elected Wilson are put
ting tacks in the way of his administration.
Germans who growl about the quality of
food furnished them from the Um'ted States
nave relief within easy reach. They need not
eat it At the utmost they will not find it far
behind the "ersatz" dope on which they existed
under the benefiicent rule of William the Worst.
The tank driver who crossed the. San Fran
cisco bay on a ferry after fie had been ordered
off the boat by the crew may have outraged the
feelings of the "Esspe'e" toll-takers, but he did
Dot miss the parade he was ordered to join.
Some day even the minions of a monopoly may
recognize that Uncle Sam comes first
-Perfect Americanism
. The President General of the D. A. R. has
a plan for the Americanization of the country
which is decidedly the most comprehensive yet
proposed. She would not only bar foreign
languages but apparently foreign foods and for-
. eign clothes as well. "What kind of an Ameri
can soul," jthe asked, "can dwell in the bosom
of a mn who habitually patronizes a London
, tailor? What kind of Americanism can be
nurtured on a diet of sauerkraut and Lim
burger cheese? What kind of American senti
ments can be voiced by those who breath reeks
of garlic?" .
. If .London tailors are to be taboo, by the
same token there must be no patronage of Paris
modistes. Can a fair American heart beat as
loyally under a Rue de la Paix frock? The
t "Daughters" may well ponder the heroic nature
of the sacrifice they will be required to make.
But the great test of perfect Americanization
. will come in the limitation of diet to native food
products. Can a consistently loyal American
ever eat a table d'hote meal? There can. of
course, be no French sauces, no-French dressing
' for salads, hut in its place the sugar-and-vinegar
concoction of the grandmothers. Camambert
and Roquefort cheese from Orange county no
doubt will be allowable. What will be the
rule about tea?
; But are pork and beans and codfish to breed
a more patriotic race? Is sauerkraut to connote
treason but corned beef and cabbage to be the
sign of unquestioned loyaltyf The ideal of a
perfect Americanism is laudable but it is possi
ble to make it too pure for human nature's daily
fooiNew York Worldj
Army Hospital Service Maintenance.
One department of the military service of
the United States seems to have learned a les
son from the war. The Medical department
found itself suddenly called upon to expand enor
mously its activities; this was not so difficult
of accomplishment, perhaps, because of the
closer articulation between the army medical
corps and the profession in civil practice. For
this reason the immense hospital service of the
army was soon arranged and well equipped.
some triction and delay was inevitable, and in
some cases the machine did not function with
the exact smoothness that had been sought.
Quite as much of this success was due to the
willingness with which men of medicine and
surgery responded to the call, giving over their
private interests, most of them making con
siderable sacrifice of personal prospects or in
come, but all of them devoting themselves with
true American zeal to the work set before them
in the emergency of war.
Now that the fighting is over, and the doc
tors are being released as rapidly as possible
that they may reutrn to serve the people at
home, the permanent organization of the Med
leal. corps of the army on an extensive basis
is planned. To guard against the future, the
great and effective organizations, such as Base
Hospital No. 49, which was formed in Omaha,
are to be continued. Doctors, nurses, attend
ants and all, will be registered, and the whole
system will be perpetuated in such form as
will allow for its prompt summons in emer
gency. Whatever form may be given to the proposed
legislation for the new army, it ought to recog
nize the commendable spirit of the Medical
corps, as shown in this, and make due provision
for carrying out the plan. And if other depart
ments may be similarly perpetuated, it will
be all the better for the general service.
The
empire they so proudly created at Versailles is
no more. The grandson of the emperor who
was So insolently crowned there is an exile, the
most despised and the most hated of mankind,
in that splendid hall, in the midst of their self-
glonhcation, they planted the seeds of their
own destruction. Upon its wall was written
"Mene, Mene, Tekel, Upharsin," but they, in
their blindness, could not see it
And now they are coming, on behalf of their
country, to receive, and to accept, the conditions
of peace that will seem hard to them, and, no
doubt, will be hard, but it will aid them much in
the preservation of their equanimity if they will
remember the treaty of rrankfort and remem
ber also the terms which the kaiser was ore
pared to exact if he had won, terms which
doubtless they know. In the Iieht of what his
grandfather demanded' after a brief and joyous
holiday trip to Paris, the imagination finds it
difficult to conceive the magnitude of the mdenv
nities William II. would have exacted had he
been the conqueror in this war. He would have
had the world at his feet and he would have
taken it. "Deutchland uber allesl" Compared
witn nis purposes, wnicn ne so nearly acnievea,
the terms to be presented next week will seem
mild. Ihe return to France of Alsace-Lorraine
is but the return of stolen goods. It should not
count in the comparison. The disposition of the
baar Valley is not yet definitely known, but it
seems to have been warded to France as a part
ot its compensation tor its prodigious losses
particularly the deliberate destruction of its coal
mines, and for the further protection of its
frontiers. The indemnities in money, if the
figures given out are authoritative and complete
are by no means as large as was expected, and,
we must assume, are within the power of Ger
many to pay in the period specified. Twenty
four billions of dollars is a vast sum. but. com
pared with the amounts Germany has compelled
the nations to spend in the last four years, it is
small. It probably no more than covers the
actual damage wrought by uermany, and the
sums it has taken in money and in property from
tne lanas it nas overrun, more niceiy it aoes noi
equal even the actual losses of civilians from
peror s exactions in loi were virtually net
profit. All of Germany every dollar of money
and property- in it could not begin to compen
sate the world for ltu losses. Ihe amount ot
the indemnity has not been limited by the con
sideration of just compensation, but by the
ability of Germany to pay, within any reasonable
period of time. Just compensation would be
far more if it were possiblejto obtain jt. What
ever the military terms may be they are neces,
sary to the protection' of the future.
The representatives of Germany will protest,
no doubt, but if they are wise they will sign,
and be thankful that the terms are no worse.
Germany's Potash
England's Financial Condition.
Sir Walter Runciman, catching the signifi
cance of Lloyd George's remark that he would
"rather see Russia bolshevist than England
bankrupt," pertinently points out some facts
that ought to interest America'ns. Most im
pressive of these is that England has been
spending money too fast It long ago ex
ceeded the limit of taxation on income, and
was forced to resort to borrowing. This,
too, has its limitations, and the productive
capacity of the country can go only so far.
Therefore.bankruptcy may be avoided only
by reducing expenditure. Sir Walter sees quite
as much of a- menace in private as in public
extravagance. Americans soon must give some
careful thought to the problems here, involved.
Our country is far from its limit of productiv
ity; we have greater possibilities for the crea
tion of wealth through industry Jthan any other
land today,but we have been caught in the
swirl of public and private extravagance and
profligacy, and are going the same route that
has brought England into difficulties. The way
out is easy enough, if we will only take it
We must cease to look on the federal treasury
as an inexhaustible store of fluid wealth, ready
to be tapped for any purpose; we must puf
certain private responsibilities back where they
belong and relieve the public of their charge,
and mast give serious attention to amending
our ways of living, not by lowering the standard
but by removing: the waste. , This, too, is a job
for all,
When Senator Hitchcock of Nebraska heard
that this country was to receive potash in part
payment for food exported to Germany, he sent
a protest to Paris, in the interest of American
producers, urging that shipment of the fertilizer
be prevented. He has now been told in a reply
from Bernard M. Baruch, formerly chairman
of the War Industries board, and now an adviser
for the peace commission, that the new Ameri
can industry can be defended against imports
from Germany only by an act of congress.
Yhere have been conflicting reports about
potash- .crossing the Atlantic again. A few
months ago farmers were assured by a Wash
ington department that a supply would soon be
shipped from the mines in Alsace, which are
now under French control. Afterward it was
said that there must be delay until June, and.
som flavc Intpr that Franw wnnlH nppH anH
use the entire Alsace outpuf for the coming two I Vn6 the Pers of her son Chaun
or three years. In January Herr Schneddekopf, i cey'
a director of the German potash syndicate, was
ners in honor of the anniversary, for
Air. uepew is still one of the best
known and most popular citizens of
Gotham, notwithstanding the fact
that with Increasing years he has in
a measure dropped out of range of
tne national SDOtliKht.
For many years Mr. Depew enjoy
ed the reputation of belnc the (treat
est after-dinner orator in the United
states, and, by and all, his has been
one or the most remarkable and
successful careers of any American
of his day. Aa a lawyer he stood
for years at the head of the New
York bar, and as attorney for the
vanaerDiits and other great corDor
ations heheld his own against such
men as Koscoe Conkling, William M.
Evarts, David Dudley Field and the
otner great lights of this, the strong
est legal center of the country. As
president of the New York Central
railroad he managed for many years
one oi me Diggest corporations in
America, and as a leading New York
politician he sat in the United States
senate from 1899 to 1911. For a
quarter of a century or longer he
headed the New York delegation to
tne republican national conventions.
In 1888 he received 99 votes for the
presidential nomination and at the
same gathering he delivered the
speech placing Benjamin Harrison
in nomination for the head of the
ticket. Early fn his career he was
appointed and confirmed as United
Stater minister to Japan. Jater he
mignt have been secretary of state
in the cabinet of President Harrison,
but declined the offer.
Chauncey M. Depew's popularity
is a sort that is probably not pos
sessed by any other man in America.
All his life he has been associated
with so-called monopolists and cap-i
itaiists, still the masses and the la
boring classes have always looked
upon him as their friend, and though
he is a strict republican the demo
crats delight to listen to his speeches.
.During his long active career he
was one of the busiest men in the
United States, ahd apparently one
of the greatest business men having
the most leisure. He has attended
as many dinners, perhaps, as any
other man in the United States, and
has made more speeches than any
proressional lecturer or noted states
man. For many years . he received
an average of 10 requests a day to
deliver addresses, or to reply to
speeches and toasts, and during this
time he averaged more than jthree,
speecnes every weeK year in ana
year out. In his speeches Mr. De
pew has never repeated himself. The
harge that he retailed his own
stories until they became chestnuts
is not true, for all of his speeches
have been published, and he has
spoken again and again, year after
year, to the same associations, and,
of course, had to have a new speech
every time.
Mr. Depew was born in Peekskill,
N. Y. At the age of 24 he was ad
mitted to the bar and three years
later he began his public career as
member of trfe New York assem
bly. Among his most notable public
orations were those delivered at the
unveiling of the Statue of Liberty,
at the centennial celebration of the
Inauguration of George Washington,
nd at the opening of the World s
Columbian Exposition
Mr. Depew seems to be the result
of heredity on the mother's , side.
Mrs. Depew lived until near her 90th
year and was in possession of her
faculties until the end. When very
old she knew "Marmion" and "The
Lady of the Lake" by heart. TTer
memory was phenomenal. She
tudled all her life, and died hsnpy
toe belief that nothing wis be-
DREAMLAND
ADVENTURE
By DADDY.
"THE POISONED SWORD"
(In thl adventure Klnr nird hrlnu
mriii i-iimuiJiua 10 combat the Myster
ious Knight In a tourney.) ,
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CHAPTER I.
Tlio Challenge to Combat.
EAR YE! Hear ye! Kinir
Kira in behalf of his
champion, the Knight of
the Poisoned Sword challenges the
Mysterious Knight to combat In a
knightly tourney! Hear ye! Hear
ye!
Blue Jay, looking very Important,
perched on a telephone pole and
shrieked this herald call so loudly
that it brought the birds scurrying
from far ana near. And close be
hind them was Peggy, who had been
resting for a moment on a sunny
bank after a Jolly, springtime run
across the fields.
"Hear ye! Hear ye! Unless the
Mysterious Knight shall Instantly
answer this challenge he shall be
held up to the scorn of all Blrdland
as a poltroon. Hear ye! Hear ye!"
Peggy flared Into quick Indigna
tion at these words. The Myster-
"For Shame; Blue Jay! You know
the Mysterious Knight Is not a
poltroon!"
ious Knight had proved his courage
too well in battling for her and for
Blrdland to permit her to remain
silent at a hint that he might not be
Drave.
"For shame. Blue Jay! You know
tne mysterious Knight is not a pol
troon." she protested vicorouslv.
"Then why doesn't he answer?'
demanded Blue Jav.
"Perhaps it's because he hasn't
neard you."
"1 ve shrieked my head nearly
orr," insisted Blue Jay. "And so
have a Bcore of other Jav heralds.
If he doesn't reply It's because he
Is afraid of the Knight of the Poi
soned Sword. The challenge has
gone forth through all of Blrdland.'
As if to prove his words there
came to Peggy's ears faint, faraway
calls: "Hear ye! Hear ye! The
Knight of the Poisoned Sword chal
lenges the Mysterious Knight to
combat!"
"And If he doesn't come you'll
have to fight the Knight of the Poi
soned Sword in his place, because
he is your champion." screamed
Blue Jay.
"He will come If he hears." re
torted Peggy, staunch In her faith
In the Mysterious Knight. She had
felt him to be brave when he was
still a stranger, but when she learned
his secret, discovering that he was
really Billy Belgium In disguise, she
knew that there couldn't be any
question of his courage. Of course
the birds didn't know him to tie
BUly. and so they had the same
doubts of him that they would have
had of a stranger, even though he
had so gallantly proved his valor in
the adventure of the Three Tests.
Hear ye! Hear ye! I will give the
Mysterious Knight one more chance
before I proclaim him a poitroon.r
screamed Blue Jay.
A pounding of hoofs around a
bend in the road told of a horseman
coming swiftly. Fast, fast, fast he
galloped, the noise of his approach
drawning out Blue Jay's shrieks.
"Hi yi! Hi yi! Who dares to call
the Mysterious Knight a poltroon?"
And into view dashed the Knight
himself, his armor glistening In the
sunlight. Seeing the assembled birds
with Peggy In their midst, he reined
up sharply.
"Fair Princess, I greet you. What
is this challenge I hear?"
"King Bird wanta-you to meet the
Knight of the Poisoned Sword In a
tourney," answered Peggy quickly.
"Who is the Knight of the Poisoned
Sword?"
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talking about an approaching shpiment of 50,000
tons. The Frankfurter Zeitung in February said
that the Armistice commission had provided for
delivery of this quantity to America. but had
done so without consulting the syndicate. It
assumed that the prices would be much higher
.than those paid before the war, when all the
tiotash fertilizer consumed here was brought
from Germany. Then the quantity mentioned
declined to only 5,000 tons. Commentiig upon
the arrival of several food ships at Hamburg,
two weeks ago. a German paper said it had been
decided that they should carry 5.000 tons on
their return voyage. But on the 9th inst. Asso
ciated Press dispatches from Berlin reported
that the ships "had to leave in ballast because
"in all Germany there could not be collected
"enough freight to load them."
American producers are not yet menaced
by destructive competition. A trade journal
recently published the assertion ol persons con
nected with the industry that 100,000 tons pro
duced in Nebraska and California were in stor
age here because the demand from farmers had,
been disappointing. There may be no consider
able imports before congress, in session, will be
asked to decide whether pay for food shall be
taken in this form or the domestic industry be
guarded by new legislation. New York Times.
SMILES
She "Why are you looking so thought
'!. my rtcar?"
Ho "I was wondering hotv Jonah got
way with It when his wife asked him
here he had bpen away from home all
'hat time, end he told her a whale had
'wallowed him." Baltimore American.
"What shall you give your husband for
a birthday present?"
"I don't know. If I don't buy him any
thing, he'll rave at me, and If I do, he'll
want to know where the money came
from." Papslns Show.
Houseman If I'd known you were go
ing to drop In on us eo unexpectedly we
would have had a better dinner.
Morton Don't mention It, old man,
but next time I'll be sure to let you
know. Peason's Weekly.
He I am not going to let you make a
ool of me.
She T would not attempt to Improve
n sueh a thorough Job as It stands.
,ife.
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The Day We Celebrate.
Joseph -Crow, lawyer and former postmaster,
born 1856.
Rt. Rev. C. E. Byrne, Roman Catholic bishop
of Galveston, born at Bymesville, Mo., 52 years
ago.
Former Princess August Wilhelm, wife of
the fourth son of the ex-German emperor, born
32 years ago.
Mrs. Belle Case La Follette, wife of the
Wisconsin senator, noted as a suffrage leader
and writer, born at Summit, Wis., 60 years ago.
Dr. Clarence A. s Barbour, president of
Rochester Theological Seminary, born at Hart
ford, Conn., 52 years ago.
Merrill Moores, representative in congress
of'the Seventh Indiana district, born at Indian
apolis 63 years ago.
In Omaha Thirty Years Ago.
Easter Sunday, a bright and beautiful day,
was observed in the churches with more than
usual ceremony.
Over $11,000 was raised at St. Marys Avenue
Congregational church toward payment of their
new house of worship. TJne largest givers were:
W. J. Connell, F. W. Gray, Samuel Burns, James
Forsyth, J. W. Griffith, R. E. Gaylord, T. H.
Taylor, J. T. Bell, William Lister, A. S. Stiger,
F. W. Taylor. D. V. Sholes, James Viles, jr.,
E. A. Mills. G. W. Tillson. W. A. Higeins. Dr.
A. S. Billings and Rev. Willard Scott
Rev. T. M. House's Easter sermon at the
First Methodist Episcopal church was support
ed by beautiful and appropriate music from
the choir, consisting of Mrs. Dr. Baldridge,
soprano; Miss Frances Roeder, contralto; Mr.
R. W. Breckenridge, tenor; Prof. Lee G. Kratz,
bass and director, and Mrs. F. H. Hills, organ
ist.-
This day marked the 12th aniversarv of the
pastorate of Rev. W. J. Harsha at the First
Presbyterian church. During his service 11
new churches and six mission schools have been
established in this city and South Omaha. Mem
bership in the church numbers L04L
VICTORY LIBERTY LOAN.
(An Acroxtic.)
Victory Liberty Loan Campaign
Is for Americans, one and all;
Come dig Into your pockets again,
This Is a government call.
Omaha must go over the top.
Remember, the fighting Is done,
lears or war were put to stop.
Liberty, fought for, and won
Inspire your neighbors, -wherever you are:
Be loyal as ever before;
Kvery bond you buy will shine a star
Reflecting a "Patriot" sure.
This campaign we must boost high,
You all understand what I mean.
Jjove, Life and Liberty for you and I
Or, Oh' what it might have been.
Again, 1 say, this Victory Loan "must go
over the top-gall"
Nebraska knows that Omaha was never
known to fail.
, SAM L. MORRIS.
DAILY CARTOONETTE
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Azainst the Daylight Law.
Randolph, Neb., April 18. To the
Editor of The 'Bee: I am here m
defense of Frank A. Agnew's article
entitled 'SDaylight Saving Fraud" and
the enlightenment of "A Reader,"
who makes it plain that he is no
thinker.
I am truly amazed that "A Read
er" should ask valuable space in a
daily paper for such an absurd ques
tion. A very slight acquaintance
with farm life reveals the fact that
farmers, as a class, rise at daylight
in the busy spring and summer
months. Chores and odd tjbs are
done about the barns before break
fast. As soon as breakfast is over
the men and teams are ready for the
fieldwork. A full day's work might
be done, and all hands quit at 6
o'clock, God's time, but alas for the
farmers! Their hired men quit at
5 o'clock, God's time, because It
is six o'clock, democratic time, and
therefore quitting time.
Now, Mr. Reader, can you see
that the farmer's day is really short
ened just one hour or hix hours per
week for each man working? And
what might this not mean in real
money to the farmers in the early
days of spring or the busy days of
harvest. If "A Reader" cannot asso
ciate this loss of time with the re
mark of the Orange Judd farmer's
statement relative to the increase In
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the cost of food production, thenI
think he is truly hopeless.
In addition to the above mention
ed loss, the daylight law has an end
less number of disadvantages. For
example imagine little country chil
dren starting at 7 or 7:30- o'clock to
walk a mile or two to school that
opens at 8 o'clock. I know several
mothers who, for that very reason,
felt obliged to take their younger
children out of school. They feel,
and are justified in theif belief, that
the hours of sleep are more bene
ficial to small children than the days
of schooling.
It Is the "daylight saving fraud"
for both old and young.
A THINKER.
HERE AND THERE
Russians speak English better
than any foreign nation.
Almost every country in the world
can boast of a gold-mine.
Russian law permits a man to
marry only four times, and he must
marry before 80, or not at all.
"I know not, neither do Z ear. Z
accept the challenge."
"But you ought to know before
you accept the challenge," protested
"eggy. "Who is the Knight of th
Poisoned Sword ?" she asked the
Birds.
"We don't know." thev chomatii.
"He must be a terror with a. nama
like that."
"You will find out who he Is on
the Jousting field," screamed Blue
Jay. "King Bird awaits you at the
hollow beside the old mill."
(In the next chapter will be told how
the Knight faces an unexpected foe.)
Business Is Gooo.ThankYou"
-WHY
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LV. Nicholas Oil Company'
The dollar :
deposit here today
works for you and when
it is loaned again it
works again for prosper
ity and you.
SAVE It is the
duty we owe our
selves and to the Nation.
We pay 3 on
savings accounts
one dollar will start you.
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iQsroH Varnish CO-
VQU know those floors
andvsb. in your house
that are marred and dull and
old looking?
You know that furniture which you
once thought so handsome, but ti
now the worse for wear and
those doors and that woodwork
which need refankhing?
We want you to find out fof yourself what a
wonderful finish Kyanize is for all the wood
work In your house. - ,'
So we have asked ycur dealer to hand you, without charge (if you call
for it within ten days and buy a suitable ten cent brush) one of out
regular 20c. cans, any color you like. '
Kyinize, being made for floora and itain where a
Brush has to stand haid wear, is best too lot all fur
niture and woodwork.
It won't scratch, chip, peel or turn white. It won't
often in warm weather. Dig your heels into it,
Yoa atn'i mar, scratch or crack Kyantse.
Try it (any color you like) on piece of old furni
ture. It will make it' new. If 'it doesn't do all we
claim for it your mosey back for the empty can.
How to Get a Can Free
Cut out this advertisement, tike it to any Kyinize dealer,
and he will give you a full-sin 20o can (amy Urr
enough to do over a chair or border or a small room, ii yoa
purchase from him a suitable 10c brush for applying the
Kyanite.
After using the Kyanite, if you are not perfectly delighted
with the result, take the empty can back to the dealer, and
hi wiU rttnrn tin 10 tent) you faidjor lit brmh,
Boston Varnish Company
JCyanfs I eofcf and guarani
ted by th following dmalart
iii.liyr
WHITE ENAMEL ,
tsaremarkible flnlnh for all white
work on wood, metal or plaster.
Use It la the bath room. In lb
kltoben. on doors everywhere.
It leavea a beautiful lurfaee, sf
durable, flows eaelly from the
brush and can he kept white and
dean wlub warm water. Xry M
H. A. Beltelman, 1805 North Twenty-fourth Street.
W. W. Cramer, 2519 North Twenty-fourta Street '
Dundee Pharmacy, 4923 Underwood Avenue.
A. Feldhusen, 3923 Farn&m Street
Meyer Hardware Company, 2915 Leavenworth.
Post Pharmacy, 2920 Fort Street
Saratoga Drug Company. Twenty-fourth Street and Ames Avenue.
Vandas Pharmacy, 2701 South Tenth Street
O. L. Wlemer, 2302 Cuming Street ' "
P. Wiig & Son, 1810 Vinton Street
C. C. Johnson, Benson.
O. K. Hardware Company, 4831 South Twenty-fourth Street South
Side.
Joseph Pipal, 5218 South Twenty-first Street South Side.
Q Street Pharmacy, 2725 Q Street, South Side.
Wholesale Distributors -Pioneer'
Glass and Faint Co. 14th and Haniey